Chapter 76: Poisoning at a party in the same year (Part 2)
Still have doubts?!
From the initial conspiracy to poison to the absurd suicide today, the twists and turns in the story are so bizarre that it's hard to keep up - but now Sun Shaozong actually said he still has doubts? !
Everyone was shocked, and couldn't help but speak up, urging Sun Shaozong to quickly disclose the so-called "suspicious points"!
Sun Shaozong raised two fingers and said, "In fact, when I examined Zhu Peng's body, I was very concerned about two details. First, when he was drinking, he deliberately used the sleeve of his left hand to cover it up. Second, there were wet marks on his front and cuffs."
"It is an ancient custom to cover your mouth with your sleeves when drinking. Nowadays, only women and those who worship the ancient times do this." Sun Shaozong glanced at the corpse on the ground and said, "I'm afraid our brother Zhu has nothing to do with either of them, right?"
Most people were pondering along his line of thought, but some people also put forward their own guesses: "Maybe... maybe he doesn't want people to see him drinking the poisoned wine?"
"This speculation does make some sense." Sun Shaozong smiled and said, "However, if we combine it with the wet marks on his front, the result may be different. Come , please take a look at the clothes on Brother Xu first."
As he said this, he winked at Xu Shouye, who immediately stepped forward and raised his arms, showing everyone his royal blue gown.
When everyone looked closer, they discovered that the front and back of his clothes were wet, and there was a faint smell of alcohol.
"Just now I found that Brother Xu's clothes are made of the same fabric as Zhu Peng's, and the style is not much different, so I asked him to help do a small test."
Sun Shaozong said this and bowed to Xu Shouye: "Brother Xu, I'm sorry."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly picked up half a bowl of wine and poured it on Xu Shouye's right shoulder without saying a word. The wine quickly soaked Xu Shouye's sleeves and dripped onto the ground along the cuffs.
What is going on?
Everyone was looking at this in bewilderment, when Sun Shaozong pointed at Zhu Peng's body and said, "Brothers, why don't you pick a few people to come forward and take a look at the wet marks on Zhu Peng's front and see if there is any difference between them and the ones on Brother Xu's right arm."
Upon hearing this, several people immediately rushed forward, surrounded the corpse and commented on it, and then grabbed Xu Shouye's sleeves to look at it from beginning to end.
“This doesn’t seem to be any different, right?”
"Yes, if there is any difference, it is that there is more wine on Old Xu's sleeves, and less on the corpse's clothes."
"But this... shouldn't be considered any different, right?"
Hearing these people's chattering, all full of doubts, Xu Shouye gave up. Without saying a word, he grabbed the clothes on his left shoulder and tore open a hole, saying half angrily and half disdainfully: "It's useless for you to keep looking outside, take a look inside too!"
in?
Everyone looked at the white inner robe exposed on his shoulders, then squatted next to the corpse again, pulled open Zhu Peng's collar and took a look, and indeed found the difference!
The layers of clothes on Zhu Peng's chest were all soaked, but the inner robe on Xu Shouye's shoulders only had slight wet marks.
but……
"What does this prove?"
"Maybe Zhu Peng's underwear is more absorbent!"
Seeing that these guys were still stubborn, Xu Shouye snorted disdainfully, poured himself a large bowl of wine, and handed it to the person next to him, saying: "Here, pour it slowly on my left shoulder, remember not to go too fast!"
Although the man didn't understand what it meant, he still took the wine bowl and slowly poured the wine into it in full view of everyone.
Under the candlelight, amber wine could be seen flowing down, quickly spreading a wet mark on Xu Shouye's left shoulder.
However, over the next period of time, the wet mark expanded slower and slower. By the time half of the bowl of wine was poured out, it had not spread to the elbow, forming a sharp contrast with the mark on the right arm from the shoulder to the cuff.
“This…this, this, this…”
“Could it be…”
"how so……"
There were some clever ones who had already guessed something, but they still found it hard to believe. For a moment, the hall was filled with hesitant words.
Xu Shouye waited for a while, then did the same thing again, tearing open his coat on the left shoulder and shaking his arm for everyone to see.
But he only saw that the inner robe on the left shoulder was already wet and had the same wet mark as Zhu Peng's chest!
"how so?!"
"These two bowls of drinks should be about the same size, right?!"
"Could it be... But how is this possible?!"
“Ahem!”
Sun Shaozong cleared his throat, and the discussions in the room suddenly disappeared. Everyone widened their eyes and pricked up their ears, waiting to see how he would explain.
"Did you all see it just now?"
Sun Shaozong smiled and pointed at the wet marks on Xu Shouye's body and said, "In fact, I tried it several times with Brother Xu just now, and the effect was almost the same every time."
"This kind of fabric is actually very easy to seep water, but the surface is very smooth . If you pour a lot of wine on it at once, most of the wine will flow down because it will not have time to penetrate in a short period of time. This is the case with Brother Xu's right arm."
"But if you pour it slowly instead of all at once, the wine will seep in faster than it flows down after it spreads to a certain extent, so in the end most of the wine will be absorbed by the underwear inside."
"Brother Xu's left arm and Zhu Peng's front are in this condition!"
Such a small wet mark actually hides so many secrets!
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized something and couldn't help but feel admiration - if this truth hadn't been demonstrated first and explained later, they would probably still be half-believing and half-doubting it until now.
But in this way...
Then the wet marks on Zhu Peng's front also fell slowly? !
“That’s right!”
Sun Shaozong pointed at Zhu Peng's body and said firmly, "After Zhu Peng fell, he first lay on the ground, and then someone lifted his upper body up. During the whole process, the front of his clothes remained tilted to a certain extent, enough for the wine to flow down - so if the wine was poured on, it would never have caused such a wet mark!"
"Besides, to create such a wet mark, at least half a cup of wine is needed. Add the stain on his sleeves and the spilled on the ground, it's enough to make up a full cup!"
"So there is only one truth, that is, he pretended to drink, but used his sleeves to cover it and secretly poured the poisoned wine on his lapel!"
"After pouring out most of the bowl of wine, he pretended to accidentally knock over the bowl, then pretended to be panicked and shouted, 'The wine is poisonous!'"
Although many people had already guessed this after the experiment just now, when they heard Sun Shaozong reveal the truth, they couldn't help but change color in an uproar.
"He...he...you said he didn't drink the poisoned wine?!" Jiang Yunhe couldn't help but question, "But...but he was clearly poisoned to death?! Besides, why did he do that?!"
Then Sun Shaozong said, "I have a rough idea of how he was poisoned to death. As for why he did this..."
At this point, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Zhu Hu, saying, "Then I'll have to ask Brother Zhu!"
Zhu Hu was stunned by his sudden pointing, and then he said with a smile: "Brother Sun, please stop teasing me. If it weren't for your demonstration just now, I would have thought that my brother committed suicide by taking poison. How could I know the purpose of his doing so?"
Pah~ Pah~
Sun Shaozong clapped his hands and praised: "Brother Zhu is indeed a good actor. Even at this point, he still hasn't revealed any flaws."
These words are equivalent to directly pointing out that Zhu Hu is the murderer.
Therefore, in the stunned eyes of the crowd, Zhu Hu finally frowned and sneered, "Brother Sun, why are you targeting me like this? Do you have any evidence? Besides, my third brother and I have been close friends since we were young, so why would you want to kill him?!"
"I don't know the reason yet. As for the certificate..."
Sun Shaozong spread his hands and pointed at the body and said, "When Brother Zhu pretended to ask questions just now, I took the opportunity to carefully examine the body with Brother Xu, but we did not find any obvious marks on the body."
"So I infer that the murderer may have used a small object like a poison needle to pierce the hair-covered area such as the back of the neck, so there is no trace left."
"I further considered the situation at the time and felt that with so many people watching, it was unlikely that the murderer would have had the opportunity to put away the poison needle or throw it away in a secret place. Considering that this kind of thing that kills people instantly when it strikes blood, I'm afraid no one would dare to hold it in their hands for a long time. So, Brother Xu and I carefully searched area around the body."
"As expected, we found the poison needle under the table!"
He picked up a handkerchief from the table and carefully showed a steel needle to everyone, then he called out to the outside of the door: "Come on, bring over what I want!"
Following the order, someone immediately brought in a half-grown piglet.
Sun Shaozong wrapped the poison needle with a handkerchief and gently poked the piglet's butt. After just a few seconds, the piglet fell to the ground with its limbs twitching and foaming at the mouth. Soon, its eyes rolled back and it became silent.
"how?"
Sun Shaozong shook the poison needle towards Zhu Peng and asked, "Brother Zhu, what else do you have to say now?"
At this point, everyone had already believed it to 80% and were just waiting for Zhu Hu to bow his head and confess his guilt, and then tell the whole story.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Hu didn't even look at the poison needle. Instead, he raised his head and laughed loudly: "Ha...haha...hahaha, this is really a case of finding a pretext to accuse someone! Sun Shaozong, you said that I threw the poison needle under the table. What evidence do you have?!"
"If there is no evidence and it is just a wild guess, then why can't Zhu suspect that it was you who saw through my brother's pretending to die of poisoning when you examined the body, and took the opportunity to kill him with a poison needle, and also tried to put the blame on me?!"
I have to say, this guy is really a ruthless character who won't cry until he sees the coffin!
And it cannot be said that his counterattack is completely unreasonable.
but……
Sun Shaozong also laughed and shook his head, saying, "Brother Zhu is not only a good actor, but also a very eloquent person. It's a pity that some of Brother Zhu's habitual little movements just now have already exposed the irrefutable evidence. You really can't afford to quibble!"
As he spoke, he pointed at Zhu Hu's waist and said, "When Brother Zhu was nervous before, he subconsciously touched the jade buckle on his belt three times. But every time he touched the jade buckle, his body and expression suddenly stiffened, and then he quickly took his hand away. Brother Zhu, you are probably worried that you will get contaminated by the residual venom on it, right?"
